Grant in the Wilderness May 7, 1864 Official Print for the 1991 Class of the U.S. Army War College. Image Size: 16" x 22 5/8". Overall Size: 22" x 27 5/8". Edition size: 1700 S/N Price: SOLD OUT (Only available on our secondary market--call for current price and availability--800-237-6077) Mort Künstler's Comments: When the 1991 class of the U.S. Army War College in Carlisle commissioned me to paint this subject, I was truly delighted. Not only did it give me chance to paint a scene that had never been painted before, but it gave me an opportunity to show the hero of the Union in one of his great moments of decision. After two days of horrible fighting in dense woods with raging forest fires everywhere, Grant decided to march his men south instead of in retreat. The men, realizing their fighting and suffering had not been in vain, cheered Grant in a spontaneous and unexpected demonstration of support. Because of all the fire, smoke, and night light, I decided the only way to make a dramatic picture would be to show Grant , on his famous black horse, "Cincinnati," up close in the foreground with General George Meade riding alongside. Directly to the right of Grant's head we see Meade's headquarters flag, well documented in American Military Equippage and described as "Solferino"colored. "Solferino" is described in the 1927 edition of The New Century Dictionary as a dye obtained from rosanaline, a vivid purplish ink (magenta). It had a gold eagle and silver wreath. Grant, who had no formal headquarters flag is said to have remarked on first seeing it, "What's this? Is Imperial Caesar anywhere about here?" The troops, marching on the Brock Road, who gave way to the advancing Generals and their staffs, were from the 5th Corps and are the ones with the knapsacks. The infantryman on the extreme right, foreground, is wearing an identity pin of the 5th Corps on his chest. The men dug in behind the barricade without the knapsacks are from the 2nd Corps and can be identified by the "shamrock" corps badges on the hats of the two men on the extreme left in front, kneeling and sitting. They are from the 3rd division, indicated by the blue color of the corps badges on their caps. A knapsack from the 57th PA is in the background. The army had been dug in for more than 2 days and debris of war can be seen everywhere. The men realized there was something different about this march. After years of being led into retreat by a succession of inept generals, they finally had a commander who |
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